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and a very open, rich reddish purple lip, with some yellow veins at the base, 
and avery short spur. P. x Phcebe superbus has a darker lip. P. x 
Cooksone is descended from P. grandifolius ¢ and P. Humblotii ¢, and 
naturally bears a very close resemblance to the latter. It is slightly smaller,. 
and has rather browner sepals and petals, and the lip more purple in front 
but browner on the lower half. P. xX oakwoodiensis marks a further 
advance, being from P. X Cooksoni crossed with the pollen of P.. 
Humblotii. The flowers are most like the latter in shape, and the sepals. 
and petals are very broad, and light rose with pale yellow streaks and. 
margins, and a very open rose-purple lip, with a very prominent yellow 
crest, and a white area at the base of the column. The lip is broadly sac- 
shaped at the base, without any trace ofa spur. These hybrid Phaius, in. 
which the two Madagascar species, P. simulans and P. Humblotii, have: 
been so prominently concerned, are of very easy culture, and extremely 
decorative, in which connection we may mention the series which were. 
figured at pp. 136, 137 of our eleventh volume. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
SEVERAL beautiful flowers are sent from the collection of H. S. Goodson,. 
Esq., by Mr. Day. Cattleya Schroederz alba is a fine white flower with a 
deep yellow throat to the lip, and very fragrant. C. Mossie Wagener is. 
the corresponding albino of C. Mossiz, a variety which is always admired, 
besides which there are two very fine coloured forms, of excellent shape.. 
There is also a fine form of C. Mendelii in which the front of the lip is very’ 
richly coloured, and, lastly, Lelia purpurata alba, in which the only 
remaining colour is some brown lining in the yellow throat of the lip.. 
They bear evidence of excellent culture. 
A remarkably fine flower of Cattleya Trianz delicata has been sent from 
the collection of J. H. Grogan, Esq., Slaney Park, Baltinglass. It is large 
and of perfect shape, the petals being very broad, and the colour delicate 
blush, with an orange throat to the lip. Mr. Grogan remarks that he has. 
had the plant about thirteen years, in fact it is one of his first Cattleyas and 
still one of the best. 
A number of interesting things are blooming in the collection of J. J. 
Neale, Esq., of Penarth, of which flowers are sent by Mr. Haddon. The 
majority are well-known, and among them may be mentioned the beautiful 
Miltonia Warscewiczii var. Weltoni, M. Roezlii alba, Trichopilia tortilis, 
with corkscrew-like sepals and petals, Odontoglossum Kegeljani, O. X 
Coradinei; and several others, Coelogyne speciosa, Cattleya Forbesii and 
Aclandiz, Oncidium concolor, Sobralia macrantha, Diacrium bilamellatum,,. 
the pretty-little Leptotes bicolor, Epidendrum atropurpureum roseum, 
